Ms. Terry's Blog

School continues on, and this week I was fortunate enough to attend a Peace Corps training for primary teachers (in Muhanga, in the Southern Province, a two hour bus ride). And what was really exciting was that I was able to attend with my co-teachers. I co-teach P5 with Marie and P4 with Alphonse (who has been teaching for 28 years!). They are both awesome, and it was a great being able to learn so much at our training together. In other news, Tunda is fine. He is currently staying with Lucy and Stina, though getting him there was a nightmare and a half. It’s a long story, but it’s fine now. I’ve disassociated from it and it all ended well enough. I’ve also started doing the Insanity workouts. I don’t know whether I really like it or not, but it definitely makes you sweat! And here are some pictures! My mom wanted a full body photo. Precious Sydney, Samie, and Evyn Precious Zoe and Leah Jess. She's beauty and she's ...

As I wrap up my third week of teaching here in Rwanda, I want to provide an update about what I’ve been up to. Last Thursday (February 1 st ) was National Heroes Day. That means we got the day off, though I was not 100% sure of that until 7:30 that morning. Luckily, I can see the school from my house so I just checked to see if there were any students or teachers there. There weren’t, so I went back to bed. Additionally, on my weekly trip to Kibuye last week, I took time to visit the Environment Museum. As a museum, it’s okay. Nothing mind-blowing, just information about different types of renewable and non-renewable energy, as well as some information about the geography of Rwanda. What was really cool though, was the roof. From the roof, there are not only beautiful views of Lake Kivu, but there is also a traditional medicinal herb garden. They have planted different herbs, flowers, and trees used in traditional medicine and described what they were used...